Canada 20 Dollars Silver Coin 2002 The Gray-Dort Model 25-SM
Transportation Series
Obverse: Right-facing profile of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by artist Dora de Pédery-Hunt, along with the year and face value.
Lettering: ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA 2002.
Engraver: Dora de Pédery-Hunt.
Reverse: Gray-Dort Model 25-SM with cameo hologram.
The affordable, high quality, Ontario-built Gray-Dort Model 25-SM became one of Canada's most popular cars. Between 1916 and 1924, over 26,000 Gray-Dorts were produced. Today, only about 50 remain.
Lettering: CANADA 20 DOLLARS.
Engraver: Bonnie Ross.
Mintage: 35994.
Composition: 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper.
Finish: proof.
Weight: 31.1 g.
Diameter: 38 mm.
Edge: serrated.
Face value: 20 Canadian Dollars.
Artist: Bonnie Ross, William Woodruff (reverse), Dora de Pédery-Hunt (obverse).
Manufacturer: Royal Canadian Mint.
Transportation Series
Transportation on Land, Sea and Rail Collection
The 2002 Transportation Series is the last issue in a three year series. The series focuses on Canadian innovations in transportation on land, sea, and rail that contributed to our rich Canadian transportation history. Each coin in the series has a $20 face value and features a hologram depicting each form of transportation.
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Gray-Dort Model 25-SM D10 Locomotive Sailing ship William D. Lawrence
Gray-Dort Motors was a Canadian automobile manufacturer in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, from 1915 to 1925. It started as Canadian carriage works of William Gray & Sons Company Ltd, founded in 1855 by William Gray. In the mid 1900s Robert Gray (William's father, then president of the company) began to build Ford bodies for the Walkerville factory. They continued to do so until 1912. During this period, they also built bodies for the locally built Chatham car.
In 1915, Robert Gray obtained the Canadian rights to manufacture the Dort Automobile from Flint automobile manufacturer J. Dallas Dort, of the Dort Motor Co., and that year Gray-Dort was formed. They produced two cars the first year, a Model 4 roadster, and a Model 5 touring car.
Over the years, Gray-Dort became known for their cars of reliable quality, which started easily in all weather conditions. A full range of body styles was offered - tourer, coupe and sedan.
In 1923, after several years of successful but stressful business, J. Dallas Dort decided he wanted to leave the automobile business, and Robert Gray could not dissuade him. A few months later, Dallas Dort died while playing golf. Their easy access to U.S. sources of engineering and mechanical parts having abruptly come to a close, the company began to lose money. Gray-Dort scrambled to find another U.S. based partner to no avail, and the last few years of its life were spent liquidating assets.
Over the course of its lifetime, Gray-Dort manufactured around 26,000 automobiles.